Every parliamentary written question tabled by Jim Shannon this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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How many people aged under 21 have opened lifetime ISAs in the last 12 months.
Information on Lifetime ISAs can be found in HMRC’s Annual Savings Statistics, available here:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-savings-statistics
Media and Sport, if she will take steps to widen the eligibility criteria for a (a) free and (b) discounted TV licence.
As part of the next Charter Review, the government will engage with the BBC and others to consider how to ensure the BBC thrives well into the next decade and beyond. This will include discussions on a range of important issues, including how we ensure th...
Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of service charges by housing associations.
The government recognise the considerable financial strain that rising services charges are placing on leaseholders and tenants of housing associations.The level of service charge that leaseholders pay depends on many factors, including the terms of a lea...
Whether he has had recent discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on its decision to not proceed with the approval of Durvalumab for recovering cancer patients.
The Department has regular discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) about a range of issues, including access to cancer treatments for National Health Service patients.The NICE currently has a number of appraisals rela...
Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on tackling homelessness.
MHCLG Ministers and officials engage regularly with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to discuss a range of issues, including tackling homelessness.
If he will take steps to ensure that pharmacies are accessible.
Local Authorities’ Health and Wellbeing boards have statutory responsibility to assess if the local provision of pharmaceutical services meets the populations needs, publishes these assessments (PNAs) every three years, and keeps these assessments up to d...
What steps she is taking to increase the safety of teachers.
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Teachers should not be subjected to any form of abuse simply for doing their jobs. Any form of violence in school is completely unacceptable and should not be toler...
How many women are on long term sick leave due to menopausal symptoms.
Although the government does not collect this data, we have proposed a wide-ranging set of generational reforms to boost protections for workers, including women experiencing menopause symptoms at work. The Government has also committed to publishing guid...
What recent discussions she has had with mortgage providers on the availability of low deposit mortgages for first time buyers.
The Government is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their business, including the provision of finance to first time buyers. This Government will turn the dream of owning a home into a reality by fixing the planning system and b...
Whether she is taking to steps to support the National Crime Agency to implement a recruitment strategy for meeting operational challenges presented by small-boat crossings in the English Channel.
We work closely with the National Crime Agency to ensure it has the resources it needs to investigate organised immigration crime leading to small boat crossings. Since July, we have funded an extra 100 specialist NCA intelligence and investigative office...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of aid provided by his Department's Freedom of Religion or Belief programme in financial year 2024-25.
The UK remains strongly committed to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. We are championing the right to FoRB and promoting tolerance and...
What information his Department holds on the number of (a) gas boilers, (b) oil boilers, (c) heat pumps and (d) biofuel boilers there were in 2023; and if he will make an estimate of the numb
The department only collects data on installations under Government Energy Efficiency schemes and does not hold data on privately installed heating systems. The latest heat pump deployment figures can be found here: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/heat-p...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Holy See on the future of the Tridentine Mass at the Chartres pilgrimage in France.
This is an internal matter for the Catholic Church. We continue to engage the Holy See regularly bilaterally and in multilateral fora on areas of mutual interest. Most recently, on 27 November Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner met Cardinal Parolin, with...
What estimate the Government has made of the number of green jobs created by the (a) production and (b) uptake of renewable liquid gases.
Established within DESNZ , The Office for Clean Energy Jobs will focus on developing a skilled workforce in core energy and net zero sectors, critical to meeting our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. Our Mission to make the UK a Clean Ener...
Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many registered farmers there are in each constituency in Northern Ireland.
This is a devolved matter and the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive.
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including renewable liquid gases in the green taxonomy.
The purpose of implementing a green taxonomy is to support investment into activities aligned with sustainability goals, and to mitigate greenwashing.However, the government is aware that taxonomies can be complex in practice, and feedback on their value ...
If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the payments made to women for their eggs from 1 October 2024 on trends in the number of (a) low income women and (b) students wh
The Department has no plans to make an assessment, as the compensation rate for egg donation is set by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), as provided for in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The HFEA has advised that t...
Whether he has commissioned research into the potential long-term health impact on young women's bodies of egg retrieval.
The Department has not commissioned research into the potential long-term health impact on young women's bodies of egg retrieval. However, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) set out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Co...
For what reason (a) women are paid of £985 per cycle for their eggs and (b) men are paid £45 per donation for their sperm.
The Department has not commissioned research into the potential long-term health impact on young women's bodies of egg retrieval. However, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) set out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Co...
Whether she plans to review legal protections around the (a) abuse and (b) neglect of older people.
Any form of elder abuse or neglect is unacceptable. Whilst the Government has no immediate plans to conduct a specific review of the range of legal protections already in place around the abuse and neglect of older people, it continues to engage with part...